New California Summer Vegetable Trials to Take Place In August
Six vegetable breeding companies, with a focus on Fresh Market and Home Garden segments, are hosting the Summer Vegetable Trials via open houses and field days in seven locations from Aug. 10-21, 2015.
Six vegetable breeding companies, with a focus on Fresh Market and Home Garden segments, are hosting the Summer Vegetable Trials via open houses and field days in seven locations from Aug. 10-21, 2015.
National Garden Bureau (NGB) is organizing the event. Customers and growers should contact each company to arrange visits that will focus on observing new varieties in a field or garden setting; learning about new breeding and marketing opportunities from respective hosts.
Individual companies hosting an open house or field day are:
1) PanAmerican Seed
Dates: Aug. 10-14
Crops featured: vegetables and cut flowers
Phone: 630.588.3429
Appointments are mandatory
Contact: Josh Kirschenbaum – jkirschenbaum@panamseed.com
2) Sakata Seed-Salinas
Dates: Aug. 17-20
Crops featured: cool crops
Phone: 408.782.5317
Appointments are mandatory
Contact: info@sakata.com
3) Sakata Seed-Woodland
Dates: Aug. 19-21
Crops featured: warm crops
Phone: 408.782.5317
Appointments are mandatory
Contact: info@sakata.com
4) Seeds by Design/Terra Organics Open House
Date: Aug. 21 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Crops featured: Cucumber, herbs, squash, pumpkin, gourd, pepper, tomato, melon and watermelon
Phone: 530.438.2126
Contact: Miles Rogers- MilesR@seedsbydesign.com or Susan Birdseye – SusanB@seedsbydesign.com
5) Seminis/Monsanto
Dates: Aug. 11-13
Crops featured: Tomatoes, peppers, latest launches including squash, lettuce and broccoli
Phone: 805.918.2057
Appointments are mandatory
Contact: Rebecca Rehberg – rebecca.rehberg@monsanto.com
6) Syngenta
Dates: Aug. 10-20
Crops featured: In-ground and patio trials featuring tomato, pepper, squash, beans, cantaloupe and watermelon
Phone: 408.847.7333
Contact: Jeannine Bogard – jeannine.bogard@syngenta.com or syngenta.flowers-1@syngenta.com
7) Vegetalis/Floranova
Dates: Aug. 10-13
Crops featured: Full range of compact vegetables for patios and small spaces
Phone: 574.594.9284
Call to inquire about additional availability
Contact: Ashley Ransbottom – aransbottom@floranova.com
For more information, visit www.ngb.org.
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